diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 9d55c63db09b..b3aff1a3f633 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1305,6 +1305,16 @@ static inline bool vcpu_valid_wakeup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_INVALID_WAKEUPS */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL
+/* Callback that tells if we must not poll */
+bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+#else
+static inline bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
 long kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index ea434ddc8499..aad9284c043a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -57,3 +57,6 @@ config HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
 
 config HAVE_KVM_VCPU_RUN_PID_CHANGE
        bool
+
+config HAVE_KVM_NO_POLL
+       bool
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 55fe8e20d8fd..23aec2f4ba71 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2253,7 +2253,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	u64 block_ns;
 
 	start = cur = ktime_get();
-	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns) {
+	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu)) {
 		ktime_t stop = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), vcpu->halt_poll_ns);
 
 		++vcpu->stat.halt_attempted_poll;